It has been an injury-riddled season across the WNBA, with one of the latest players dealing with an ailment being Chicago Sky star Angel Reese. Reese has been nursing a back injury of some sort, previously missing two games, including Sunday’s Sky loss to the Indiana Fever—before returning to action on Tuesday when Chicago fell to the Washington Mystics. Reese being back in the lineup for the last contest is what made it noteworthy when she was listed as out for Friday’s game vs the Golden State Valkyries. And Sky coach Tyler Marsh has now explained the reason for Reese’s status. Marsh was asked about Reese’s back issue during pregame media availability and had this to say. “Kind of continued. You know her back tightened up after the Washington game. So again more precautionary stuff there. So she’ll be out tonight.” Marsh continuing to dub the management of Reese’s back ailment as precautionary is a positive sign. However, the fact that it tightened up on her after the last game is not. And clearly this is
